Vanessa gave up everything to be with him—her family name, her inheritance and her arranged marriage to a billionaire heir. She didn’t expect to be replaced at her own wedding by her husband’s childhood sweetheart.Heartbroken and aching for revenge, she plots to lose herself in the arms of someone else; anyone would do—so long as she could spite her ex. But what Vanessa didn't foresee was sleeping with the same man she’d broken off an engagement with years ago—Nicholas Armani—the father of her daughter, and the man who she’d looked down on in the past.Nicholas Armani has never forgotten Vanessa—not her cruelty, not the disgrace she brought to his family, and certainly not the betrayal that led to his father’s imprisonment. Now, he’s back. Wealthy, powerful, and vengeful, Nicholas seizes his chance for payback, buying off her family’s debt in exchange for one thing: their daughter.But Vanessa doesn’t recognise him after twenty years apart. Can she regain custody of her daughter from her ex and escape Nicholas while protecting her family all at once? Or can love bloom behind closed doors?